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03-30-2012, 09:04 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2012
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howdy everyone!!!
howdy everyone!!! 
got our new-to-us 1999 national tropi-cal 34' motorhome a month ago.
fourteen months and counting 'til we can full time. 
trying to sort out non-working brake light problem and those non-deploying leveler jacks...  other than that we are happy about-to-be campers.
first thought we would relocate to the pacific nw and use that as a base to wander around...then we woke up and decided the stick and brick could wait. so anything truly worth keeping will go in a climate controlled storage 'til/if/when we do get off the road.
i've been lurking here for about a eight months & realized it was time to join up!!! there is more information about more topics and more friendly people here than i will ever be able to read or meet.
breathe, relax and enjoy.
smilingecko (kenneth & teresa)
www.neverforgetbeslan.org
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03-30-2012, 09:58 AM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: In a lawnchair
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Howdy and welcome to the forum.  Congrats on the Tropi-cal.
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03-30-2012, 10:05 AM
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Newmar Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Michigan
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Howdy and welcome aboard. Congrats on the purchase and hope it provides you with many funfilled miles in the very near future. Be safe and Happy Motoring!!! 
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Steve & Sally / Hudson Our Little Pom / Heidi, Houston & HiTee Forever in our Hearts
04 NEWMAR MACA 3778 W22 / 05 PT Vert
Michigan (Summer) Michigan (Winter For Now)
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03-30-2012, 11:52 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2012
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howdy everyone!!!
thank you SarahW and Steve N Sal. 
we are looking forward to this new chapter in our life.
take care.
breathe, relax and enjoy.
smilingecko. aka kenneth
www.neverforgetbeslan.org
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03-30-2012, 12:32 PM
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Senior Member/RVM #90
Monaco Owners Club
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Columbus, MS
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Hi Kenneth & Teresa! Welcome to IRV2! We're sure glad you decided to join us! You're really lucky! There's a rule that lurkers will be shot on sight and we had a posse out looking for you! You joined just in time!
Congrats on the new rig! I'm sure you'll track down those problems soon. Let us hear from you often as to how it is progressing! Good luck & God bless!
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Joe & Annette
Sometimes I sits and thinks, sometimes I just sits.....
2002 Monaco Windsor 40PBT, 2013 Honda CRV AWD
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03-30-2012, 12:51 PM
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Senior Member
Damon Owners Club Texas Boomers Club Freightliner Owners Club
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Hubbard, Texas
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 WARNING, WARNING!! this little band of merry RVers is addictive and we hope you get addicted as much as us.
Congrats on the new to you coach
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Jimmy & Judy, Army retired, 2004
09 Damon Astoria, 340HP ISB Cummins
Flippy Do, Tara and sometimes Sweet pea
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03-30-2012, 01:09 PM
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Senior Member
Winnebago Owners Club Appalachian Campers Coastal Campers Carolina Campers
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: North Carolina
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Hello and welcome from another addicted IRV2er! LOL This site is the greatest. Hope to meet you on the road one day. Safe travels.
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Brenda and Frank, FTers, Zebulon, NC
Raisin our mixed hound and BooBoo our cat.
2004 Itasca Suncruiser 
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03-30-2012, 06:45 PM
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Senior Member
National RV Owners Club Pond Piggies Club
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 1,320
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Hello and welcome to iRV2.
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Darlene
2014 Gulf Stream Conquest Lite Model 218MB
2013 Chevy Traverse LT
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03-30-2012, 06:48 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 219
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Welcome to the forum - people here have a wealth of info from mechanical issues to what is good to eat. Enjoy and learn
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03-30-2012, 07:56 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: seattle, wa.
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Motherboard is a popular item to check/replace for the jack issue. Check the furnace motherboard, that one comes unclipped easy and it can be cleaned. Noisy furnace fan is an undo replace fix. Check the pex pipes @ all the fittings...... Its a 99. Happy times, the Tropical is a dream to drive and live in.
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1999 National Dolphin
1995 Range Rover County SWB.
Sailor, Dickens, Zooki, Koko.
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03-30-2012, 08:27 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2012
Posts: 18
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howdy everyone!!!
wow!!!
guess there's no easing in un-noticed here.
thank you MSHappy Campers, JimmyLeggett, bsirby, ghoststories, barbaram & LandKinaMoho for the kind and warm welcome (and the heads up 'bout the posse  )...and for the info about the motherboard on the leveler, furnace and pipes...yikes what was i thinkin'????
i have a feeling i am going to need ALL the technical/mechanical/spiritual/etc help i can get with our adventure-mobile. i am only slightly mechanically able...  ...but am really looking forward to learning how to diagnose/fix/repair/duct tape/baling wire/vise grip this baby to keep it going.
whooooeeee!!!
breathe, relax and enjoy.
smilingecko, aka kenneth (and my much better half, teresa)
www.neverforgetbeslan.org
Welcome to Flickr - Photo Sharing (thesmilingecko)
www.apug.org (smiling gecko)
www.thesmilingecko.com (someday when i figure how to build it)
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03-30-2012, 09:00 PM
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Senior Member
Tiffin Owners Club Freightliner Owners Club
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Pensacola, Florida
Posts: 5,173
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Hi Kenneth, welcome to the forum. May you and Teresa enjoy your Tropical. You'll get the bugs worked out.
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Travel well, travel safe,
Jim
2006 Tiffin Phaeton - 2011 Cadillac SRX
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03-31-2012, 06:40 AM
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Senior Member
Damon Owners Club Texas Boomers Club Freightliner Owners Club
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Hubbard, Texas
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Quote:
Originally Posted by smilingecko
wow!!!
guess there's no easing in un-noticed here.
thank you MSHappy Campers, JimmyLeggett, bsirby, ghoststories, barbaram & LandKinaMoho for the kind and warm welcome (and the heads up 'bout the posse )...and for the info about the motherboard on the leveler, furnace and pipes...yikes what was i thinkin'????
i have a feeling i am going to need ALL the technical/mechanical/spiritual/etc help i can get with our adventure-mobile. i am only slightly mechanically able... ...but am really looking forward to learning how to diagnose/fix/repair/duct tape/baling wire/vise grip this baby to keep it going.
whooooeeee!!!
breathe, relax and enjoy.
smilingecko, aka kenneth (and my much better half, teresa)
www.neverforgetbeslan.org
Welcome to Flickr - Photo Sharing (thesmilingecko)
www.apug.org (smiling gecko)
www.thesmilingecko.com (someday when i figure how to build it) |
Nope, no one gets away un-noticed 
Repairs are simple, your tool box needs four sizes of hammers, pliers, lots of duct tape, several bottles of gorilla glue and a prayer book. Owners manuals are ok but why read the directions first? 
If it moves duct tape, if that don't fix it, its electrical 
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Jimmy & Judy, Army retired, 2004
09 Damon Astoria, 340HP ISB Cummins
Flippy Do, Tara and sometimes Sweet pea
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03-31-2012, 06:48 AM
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Moderator Emeritus
Nor'easters Club Fleetwood Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: NH
Posts: 5,099
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Enjoy when that day comes. Safe travels while your preparing for that great day. 
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Bruce & Nancy
FMCA F280542
2004 Bounder 35E
US Navy Vet.
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